Three strong Nigerian women find themselves living in modern-day Singapore, all chasing success in their own way, and are brought together through a book club, reminiscent of Kevin Kwan.
There’s romance and infidelity, corporate success and backstabbing, shopping and debt, hope and heartbreak, family and independence. Each woman, in their own way, avoids reality by their own favorite coping mechanism. In truth, that was my favorite piece of the way this book is written – the characters are imperfect and make choices that don’t necessarily reflect the best decision. But Fadipe writes them in such a way that you can identify with what they did – in the moment that they did.
The only drawback of the story is I was hoping for a richness of description of Singapore and the locations, matching the quality of character development.
352 pages
Published by Grand Central
Characters 4
Story 3
World-Building 3
Spice N/A
Diversity 5
Would I buy this book for myself or a friend? Yes
Will I recommend this book to readers? Yes
